Auryxia vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic ferric citrate

No pharmacy we check posts a price for ferric citrate 210 mg, 30 tablets.

Ask your pharmacy: “What’s your cash price for generic ferric citrate 210 mg, 30 tablets?”Find pharmacies near you
Ask one or two other pharmacies too. Cash prices for the same generic can differ a lot from store to store.

A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Auryxia, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameAuryxia

Authorized genericferric citrate

Regular genericferric citrate

What you’d pay

At least$220for 30 tablets; pharmacies pay this

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest

Cash priceAsk the pharmacy

Same as Auryxia?

The original

Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameThe maker’s card

Auryxia’s maker has a savings card that lowers what you pay at the pharmacy.

AkebiaCares Copay Coupon

Savings card from Akebia Therapeutics

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.

Insurance $0 a month

The card takes up to $1,500 a month off your co-pay.

In the maker’s words

“Pay $0, and we’ll pay the rest up to $1,500 on each 30-day supply prescription at your retail or mail order pharmacy.”

From the maker’s offer on auryxia.com, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

The same medicine as Auryxia, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.

ferric citrate

Sold by

Mylan Pharmaceuticals

NDC to ask for

210 mgtablet
- 0378-2895-2011-digit: 00378-2895-20200 tablets per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Auryxia, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Mylan Pharmaceuticals (NDC 0378-2895-20), and for a regular generic?”

Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.

Brand and authorized generic labels

Official labels and ingredient lists from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).

Same active ingredient as Auryxia. Auryxia’s label doesn’t list its inactive ingredients, so those can’t be compared.

Authorized generic package label from Mylan Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericMylan Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: tetraferric tricitrate decahydrate 210 mg

Inactive:

Calcium stearate
FD&C Blue No. 2
FD&C Red No. 40
FD&C Yellow No. 6
Hypromellose 2910
Corn starch
Titanium dioxide
Triacetin

Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Auryxia that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.

Teva Pharmaceuticals210 mg

Has dyes: FD&C Blue No. 2 aluminum lake, FD&C Red No. 40 aluminum lake, FD&C Yellow No. 6 aluminum lake

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

210 mg Pink, oval, 19 mm, marked “W824 / TEVA”

Package NDC
Bottle of 200 0480-2996-97

Inactive ingredients: calcium stearate, FD&C Blue No. 2 aluminum lake, FD&C Red No. 40 aluminum lake, FD&C Yellow No. 6 aluminum lake, hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), polyethylene glycol 4000, starch, corn, titanium dioxide
FDA label

Package	NDC
Bottle of 200	0480-2996-97

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

Auryxia is a phosphate binder indicated for the control of serum phosphorus levels in adult patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis.

Auryxia is an iron replacement product indicated for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in adult patients with chronic kidney disease not on dialysis.

Source: the FDA label for Auryxia (Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.), December 4, 2024. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Auryxia (color, shape, or markings). That’s normal for an authorized generic.
If your prescription says “dispense as written,” the pharmacy needs your prescriber’s OK to give you the authorized generic.
Cash prices can differ a lot from one pharmacy to the next, so it can pay to ask two. With insurance, what you pay depends on your plan.
If your pharmacy doesn’t stock it, they can often order it within a day or two.
Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.

Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/auryxia/